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Fleischman's book was adapted in the 1994 Disney Channel television film Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy starring Truan Munro, Nic Knight, George C. Scott, Vincent Schiavelli, Mathilda May, and Kevin Conway, [1] and directed by Sydney MacArtney. Sid Fleischman wrote the teleplay and the film won a CableACE Award that year. [1]
A whipping boy was a boy educated alongside a prince (or boy monarch) in early modern Europe, who supposedly received corporal punishment for the prince's transgressions in his presence. The prince was not punished himself because his royal status exceeded that of his tutor; seeing a friend punished would provide an equivalent motivation not to ...
Later works looked farther afield, from England (The Whipping Boy) to Asia (The White Elephant) to Mexico (The Dream Stealer). Finding nonfiction to his liking after completing his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996), Fleischman went on to produce biographies of Harry Houdini , Mark Twain , and Charlie Chaplin .
Fay Baker (born Fay Schwager; January 31, 1917 – December 8, 1987) was an American stage, film and television actress and writer.Using the pen name Beth Holmes she wrote the novel The Whipping Boy.
TV movie The Devil's Crown: Robert Fitzwalter 2 episodes 1979 Return of the Saint: Bernadotti Dick Turpin: Colonel Tobias Moat Episode: The Whipping Boy: The Last Giraffe: Guy Atherton TV movie The Mallens [1] Thomas Mallen 4 episodes 1981 Smuggler: Roach Episode: Forced Run: 1982 Ivanhoe: Herald TV movie Minder: Gypsy Joe Episode: In: The ...
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully (ISBN 978-0-062-26948-5) is a book written by Allen Kurzweil and published by HarperCollins [1] on 20 January 2015 which later won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2016.
The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering,” BOJ Gov ...
Whipping Boy (American band), a hardcore punk band active 1982–1989; Whipping Boy (Irish band), a rock music band active 1988–1998 and occasionally since 2005; Whipping Boy, 2000 album from the Irish band Whipping Boy; The Whipping Boy, a 1986 children's book by Sid Fleischman, winner of the Newbery Medal